The monocyte-to-lymphocyte ratio: Sex-specific differences in the tuberculosis disease spectrum, diagnostic indices and defining normal ranges

• Thomas S. Buttle ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Thomas S. Buttle, Graham H. Bothamley

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Current address: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Princess Royal University Hospital, King’s College NHS Foundation Trust, Farnborough Common, Orpington, United Kingdom

  Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Homerton University Hospital, London, United Kingdom

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• Claire Y. Hummerstone ,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Homerton University Hospital, London, United Kingdom

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• Thippeswamy Billahalli ,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Homerton University Hospital, London, United Kingdom

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• Richard J. B. Ward ,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Homerton University Hospital, London, United Kingdom

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• Korina E. Barnes,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Department of Microbiology, Great Western Hospitals NHS Trust, Marlborough Road, Swindon, United Kingdom

  Affiliation Microbiology Department, Homerton University Hospital, London, United Kingdom

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• Natalie J. Marshall,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Microbiology Department, Homerton University Hospital, London, United Kingdom

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• Viktoria C. Spong ,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Homerton University Hospital, London, United Kingdom

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• Graham H. Bothamley

  Contributed equally to this work with: Thomas S. Buttle, Graham H. Bothamley

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: g.bothamley@nhs.net

  Affiliations Department of Respiratory Medicine, Homerton University Hospital, London, United Kingdom, Department of Immunobiology, Blizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom, Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7092-8547

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